where did your username comefrom

[conall]

Mine came from a business name. I worked as a cabinetmaker and boisdevie means wood of life - appropriate I thought.

very french:You_Rock_

 

[johnnytheboy]

I used to be the youngest by about 10 years with all the folk i used to fish with, they used to call me the net boy, everytime someone had a fish on i was running around with the landing net, it turned somehow into johnnytheboy online, no one actually calls me that.

 

[Hangman]

RAF slang for an Air Loadmaster is Dope on a Rope, the crowd I airsoft with decided that it was a mouthful for a radio callsign so changed it to Hangman.

 

[Air Pirate]

I've loved pirates ever since I was a kid and listened to Treasure Island on tape. Since then I joined the Air Force and became a crew chief. I then found out that crew chiefs, and most maintainers in general, are seen as kind of rogues and scoundrels. Then I started flying missions as a flying crew chief, going with the aircraft to far away locales.
So now I'm an Air Pirate.

 

[rcastillo]

Mine's a cryptic mix of my first initial and my surname. Cunning, eh?

 

[shogun]

i called my self Shogun as i was into martial arts and the ways of the Samuria..atb Shogun

 

[pentrekeeper]

Nothing exciting here I'm afraid.
I worked as a gamekeeper for a phesant shoot called Pentre.

 

[Toddy]

My usual nickname is MaC, or MAC or mac, from my initials, but it was taken here so I went back to my maiden nickname.
If someone phones the house and asks for Toddy though, they'll most likely get told, "He's no' here." since my brother is known by that name in real life.

cheers,
M

 

[strideredc]

a strider pt used to be my EDC (where legal!)

 

[Helen Back]

I'm new to this bushcraft thing - it feels like where I'm going!

 

[Dolphin]

I'm a submariner but deeps was already taken. I'm generally called Marty but that one had gone too. I've obviously joined a little late. Perhaps adrift would have been more appropriate!

 

[hoppinmad]

This is my first post..but have been following the forum for a while..my username comes from the fact that I have
only have one leg and when I fall over I get cross

 

[greasemonkey]

I'm an engineer in the merchant navy, and it's easy to remember when I'm drunk.

 

[sandsnakes]

I found a sandsnake on my bedroom floor in Texas, little bugger made me jump and call the front desk all in a dither . I was then told they were good things to have around as they eat grubs, bugs and roaches.

So there you go, in memory of a hard as nails Texas vermin catcher.


Sandsnakes

 

[Hicup]

I no longer drink, you can work the rest out.

 

[Rodney]

Apparently I bear a resemblance to Mr Trotter off Only Fools, the nickname stuck...

 

[Daegurth]

my xbox live gamertag, and now my general internet alias.

 

[sandbender]

'sandbender' is defined on a few online dictionaries as being "a person involved with silicon lithography and the physical design of integrated circuits".

In William Gibson's novel 'Idoru' 'The Sandbenders' are described as being a eco-colony based in Oregon, they make one-of-a-kind electronic devices, using micarta, coral, bone etc. The name is derived from their use of sand molds to melt down and recycle aluminum cans.

Neither of these definitions describes what I do, I just liked the word.

 

[rsmuppet]

Mine comes frome the fact i drive an RS and i am a bit of a muppet

 

[Miyagi]

Donkeys years ago, after a Jujutsu class, me and my cousin went for a "sweat pint" in my local - as you do..

"Right Miyagi!!! - it's your round".

And it stuck with his side of the family ever since.

My sister however, calls me "that fackn muppetchef!!" but that's just her and everyone else I've ever fed's opinion...